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Japan has a strong earthquake again
Early this morning (August 13), a strong earthquake shook central Japan, including Tokyo, just two days after the strong earthquake left one person dead and 120 injured.
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Organic carbon released from plants affects the air
The team, led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), has discovered an unknown element in the process that gas produced by plants and other p…
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The threat from the Chinese incinerator
In a developing urban area in southeast China grows a massive incinerator, smells of stench and miles away and emits a lot of black smoke and toxic chemicals, ...
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Towards a green economy, green energy
Facing the global economic downturn, the risk of exhausting traditional energy sources and the threat of climate change today, the world is looking for new ways ...
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Tropical paradise beats with gasoline
The small island nation of Tuvalu in the South Pacific wants to stop using fossil fuels and produce electricity from renewable energy before 2020.
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New Zealand was pushed to Australia after an earthquake
South New Zealand has moved closer to the east coast of neighboring Australia just after the big earthquake last week - instead of waiting for hundreds of years of seism…
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Newton's apple tree is about to die
Thousands of ancient trees in England are dying due to environmental pollution, urban development and climate change.
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The terrible 'made in China' dust around the Earth
Japanese scientists first discovered the strange phenomenon: Clouds created by a giant dust storm and existed for so long that they circled more than one round of the ea…
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Why are raindrops different sizes?
By filming a falling raindrop, scientists in France have explained why raindrops have so many different sizes.
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Japan: Floods and landslides, 17 people died, missing
Hundreds of policemen, soldiers and rescue workers are trying to find 9 missing in floods and landslides after heavy rains in southern Japan.
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Tsunami risk in the West Coast of the United States
The likelihood of a massive tsunami from the Pacific to the west coast of the United States may be larger than previously thought, according to a new study of geological…
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America participates in environmental protection downstream of the Mekong
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently met with fellow Mekong countries' counterparts to discuss environmental cooperation.
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Polluted water can threaten the Saigon River
Colonel Phan Huu Vinh said that he instructed his subordinate units to coordinate with functional agencies to check and solve the problem of reservoir dumping, causing w…
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Los Angeles: Highlights
Millions of customers at restaurants and shops in Los Angeles are surprised to read the notice posted on each table about not being served free water.
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Strong earthquake in Indonesia
The Indonesian Seismic Agency said on the morning of July 27, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the west coast of Sumatra.